TEACHERS’ NEED SATISFACTION AND THEIR PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN

This study was conducted to examine the satisfaction level of the three basic psychological needs of the secondary school teachers and relationship of the fulfillment of these needs with the academic performance of the teachers. These needs: as identified by self-determination theory are autonomy, competence and relatedness. Objectives of the study were: i). To identify three basic psychological needs satisfaction level of the secondary school teachers. ii). To identify the relationship of these three basic needs satisfaction with the academic performance of the teachers. The study was descriptive in nature and survey method was used to collect the data. The population of the study was teachers who were teaching to 9th class students of secondary schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A sample of 454 teachers was taken using simple random sampling method. A standardized questionnaire was used to measure the satisfaction level of these needs. The performance of the teachers was measured by percentage of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education of 9th class result. The teachers’ need satisfaction level was analyzed using Median, and Pearson Product Moment Co-efficient correlation was used for relationship between basic needs satisfaction level and academic performance of teachers. It was concluded that the basic needs of the teachers were somewhat satisfied. In addition, there was positive correlation between basic psychological need satisfaction and academic performance of the teachers, there was positive correlation between Autonomy need satisfaction and performance, positive high correlation between competence need satisfaction and very low or negligible correlation between relatedness need satisfaction and performance. It is recommended that for the improvement of the quality of education, teachers may be provided such an environment where their basic needs may be fulfilled.